{"id":127930,"date":"2026-10-07T14:34:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=127930"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:07:33","slug":"maldharis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/maldharis\/","title":{"rendered":"Maldharis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Maldharis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gujarat government recently announced a scheme for the voluntary relocation of maldharis (semi-nomadic pastoralists) from the Barda sanctuary in Porbandar and Devbhumi Dwarka districts, being developed as a \u2018second home\u2019 for Asiatic lions. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Maldharis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are a<\/span><b> semi-nomadic pastoralist community <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">primarily residing in <\/span><b>Gujarat\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/banni-grassland\/\" target=\"_blank\">Banni grasslands<\/a>, Gir Forest, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>parts of Rajasthan.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term \u201c<\/span><b>Maldhari<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d translates to <\/span><b>\u201ckeeper of livestock,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d reflecting their deep-rooted tradition of herding cattle, sheep, goats, and camels.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their livelihoods revolve around the<\/span><b> production of milk, ghee, wool,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>artisanal crafts,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which they trade in local markets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Women <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">play a<\/span><b> significant role in livestock rearing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while men typically handle foraging, selling milk to dairies, and selecting grazing routes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Maldhari women<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>known for their artistic skills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly their <\/span><b>unique embroidery,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which varies by caste and is passed down through generations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: They speak<\/span><b> Kachchhi in the Sindhi dialect.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Religion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: They are <\/span><b>predominantly Muslim, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accounting for about 90% of the population, while the remaining 10% belong to Hindu communities.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/for-lions-2nd-home-gujarat-cm-announces-scheme-to-relocate-maldharis-from-barda-sanctuary\/3059507\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TP<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maldharis are a semi-nomadic pastoralist community primarily residing in Gujarat\u2019s Banni grasslands, Gir Forest, and parts of Rajasthan.  Read more about Maldharis Nomadic Pastoralist, Language, Religion, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":127912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10729,246,21,22],"class_list":["post-127930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-maldharis","tag-prelims-current-affairs","tag-prelims-pointers","tag-upsc-current-affairs","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127930"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127959,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127930\/revisions\/127959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}